Offense against the state, its government, or the political system

The Bastille, Paris. Line engraving by J.F. Borgnet after J.M. Gudin (?).

The death of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, 1865. Coloured lithograph.

Political banishments  being some considerations thereon, and in what cases pronounc'd. I. The case of attainders stated. II. With an Enquiry into the Nature of Banishments among the Athenians and Romans; and wherein the Exostracism, or Banishment by Vote, practis'd by the Former, differs from our Parliamentary Sentence. III. Whether there be more mercy in exile, or confinement, for life. By a true Briton.

1 print : coloured lithograph ; 22.4 x 31.7 cm

1 print : line engraving ; border 17.8 x 24.8 cm

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The death of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, 1865. Coloured lithograph.

The Bastille, Paris. Line engraving by J.F. Borgnet after J.M. Gudin (?).